Early Slumped Glass Works
Tulip Glass Brooch
Slumped glass, glass seed beads, and a metal brooch pin.
1995
This glass brooch is a stylised tulip, made with glass-fusion techniques, rendered in deep red and orange tones with a touch of green at its base, and emerging from layers of transparent glass. As the glass seed beads melted, they fractured subtly, forming fine batik-like textures that animate the surface with light.
The design transforms the tulip, a traditional Turkish motif, into a contemporary artefact, where colour and glass converge in delicate balance, each fissure becoming a luminous trace of transformation and care embodying both fragility and resilience.